If this were the only
issue in the presidential race, he's sure get my vote! Congress has passed
no law that
requires a civilian to do anything
with respect
to the United States flag or the Pledge of Allegiance. According to the flag
law, the requirement for standing and placing one's hand over the heart during
the Pledge of Allegiance only applies to one who is a military person not
in military dress uniform, that is, a person in the military who is wearing
civilian
clothes at the time. The flag law has no general application within the States
of the Union. Only those who have been sworn into any branch of the United
States military are required to follow the flag law. We teach our little
children wrong
when we demand they stand, place their right hand over their heart and recite
the Pledge. If we have true freedom of speech, we also have the freedom to
be silent when we so choose. The very Pledge they recite guarantees the
right to
not stand and not recite any particular set of words. That is what is meant
by "Freedom
of Speach". If Senator Obama deliberately refused to place his hand
over his heart and refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as the caption
indicates,
then the picture shows Senator Obama to be a thinking man. Hooray!!

Please note that the Commander-in-Chief is a civilian and is NOT IN the military.
For anyone who has taken the military oath and is still under that oath, they
are bound to follow the flag law when the flag is passing by in a parade or when
they stand and face the flag when reciting the Pledge. Such a person is required
to either salute the flag when in uniform or hold their right hand over their
heart when in civilian clothes. Remember, Congress has passed no law that requires
a civilian to do anything in relationship to the flag.

Regarding the Pledge itself, We the People do not owe allegiance to the governments
that were formed to serve us, but our governments owe allegiance to We the People.
Freedom belongs to the People, not the government. Also remember that George
Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and all
the other Founding Fathers never recited the Pledge -- not even once, since it
was not fashioned until the late 1800's and did not become part of the flag law
until WWII. John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Harrison,
James Polk, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan -- all of them
as Commander-in-Chief -- never recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Abraham Lincoln,
Ulysses Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin
Harrison, William McKinley never recited the Pledge of Allegiance and they all
served American with distinction, all of them as Commander-in-Chief. All of these
great men and many others who served with distinction to make America what it
was throughout the 18th and 19th centuries never heard of the Pledge of Allegiance,
let alone recited it. The pledge they recited was the Oath of Office to uphold
the Constitution for the United States of America, which many of our more recent
leaders have trampled on without remorse. Unfortunately, not nearly enough of
the public is concerned about the lost liberties from those who trample on our
fundamental freedoms. Which would you prefer from your Commander-in-Chief, the
oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution for the United States of
America or a Pledge of Allegiance to the federal government? I much prefer the
pledge to uphold and defend the Constituiton for the United States of America
and I hope you understand how silly is the rant in the caption of the following
picture.

Several years ago Ray Boltz wrote and recorded a song that expressed his sentiment
regarding the Pledge of Allegiance. Here are the words to his song.

Barack Hussein Obama's photo (that's
his real name)......the article said he REFUSED TO NOT ONLY PUT HIS HAND
ON HIS HEART DURING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE,
BUT REFUSED TO SAY THE PLEDGE.....how in the world can a man like this expect
to be our next Commander-in-Chief????